The Dillon tribune., 1887-11-25
u 1nE COAST.
A GRAPHIC SKETCH or MEN,
THE SOUTHERN FREED.

p''>t ktess'" on INC .-H!;n.
| Chapters have been written about the
! negro O? The coast Today we PROPOSE to
Sketch briefly his general mode of life,
/ WuAout dwelling. upon any one of his
! c:lAraci"rstic>. Let us take the island OF
| Hilton Head. which i, not many miles
icon Savannah and nearer sill to Beau
| fort y d't."., miles or more of whose mag
! sititent beach is washed by taitNcsc
SCUM. and he Atlantic itself. OF the
| isia'':. Itself. il may be said that 1t j.
! about seventeen l.iitS in length by about
| I'VE II; W.ttth, thai ii is barren enough to
grow pea vines ana nut grass indifferentiy.
.,n'i that. HitA the exception of perhaps
| obo acres OF cleared land. II is del.Ss,y
covered with pine cedar and palmetto. il,
"hcse 'nirket, deer, turkc; aud smaller
game, notably li.C r.ccuui,. abound OF
the people who inhabit it, ln,lch more may
| be said. several weeks ago the writer
! while temporarily soaf"rn@, encountered
, terrific gale oft llilton Head and was
| dllEen upon It's arid shores, where he was
! 1"Scc'!, whether or not to remain for a
! week 1t may be well, in order tn. more
iaithiuiiy to describe the manners and
| customs OF the natives. to sketch briefly
| our enforced sojourn among. the and
| this We will e.ticavor 10 40.
/ ''NArlv.s' ON r5lE nEAcI.
! 1t was late in August When the ~uraH
struck Us. oar lH'a, was uNv'ie!dN and
anything tNi apaWur;hy. but With ;ll
sails set We iM....ii.,etl to keep Ivy before.
! the wind, end tltl.a,sy as he was W, flew
through The bnt|ins breakers Il! !, mad
rate. We crossed Broad river furiuuSly,
;''M our l;ll"!ins,. y most dangerous feat
Under sllch t!trnHist;}iarrs. WAS :ri.,,,:,-
pii'lfi N,t't hiui> t!u;s$ good luck. Hay
ing drawn oar Graf, ;'i;u I, creek, whore
She found rarta! protection from the
cate, we iurn~t! our attention to t.le
''tatlrts. They ha,, gathered upon the
beach i'll great numbcrs--rnen women
sad chilllen-viewing Us viii, oaujur
| curiosity. Not that the =; -,,l.t of :, boat
was novelty. but that the strange faces
! III 1t aWuE@ l>tunisl.mcnt if not wonder,
| Inc Hen were brawnN. muscular fellows
dressed IL every variety uf patched gar
| ,cn,s; the women Wore short frurks.
with IL" head or loot dress; The larger
children OF either Sex boosted Il single
garment, Mother Hubbard in appearance.
and the younger children. probably from
| W and under, wore only--thcir skins.
~>lnid this cOlle.tion Of human incon-
| sruity we made our bow and begged to
, DC shown to the ,,eare., hotel. An in
creuuluuS yuifaW. that rose in chorus
above the bowling "f the wind, answered
| us, and we were pointed to the .lslant,'
whose harrennesS WA, decidedly intel,si-
fled by the woehe&nneneSs Of the nu,ncr-
ous log 'ut> 1ila, pNuct,1atth and cm-
! pi,;,siHtd it.
| Except that ILcy We're adorned With
! clapboarh roofs. these habitations were
models Of pi%pcns, witt. II ilolc in enc end
for II door and Il clay chimney in the other
They had once been claycd over--that is.
| the inch OF so ct spac" between the logs
| had been stnppcd up with clay--Dut the
clay had long since htcn ntir.actct; BY
graytatiun ;l,;' the cracks, had never been
| relilled. There were no floors; mother
Garth was plenty good enough. There
were some benches ;ti:H " pirc table, but
no chair. Everything VA. smoke be-
grin,ed, not eNceptiut; The Police Gazette
! pictures that We're pasted about in I'M.
! possible places. The furniture, other than
| that already described, consisted FOR the
! most part OF tin pans and cans, pots and
pals, dogs (and what dogs, eats and oh,
what cats1. an1 IL, occasional chicken,
worth Il quarter. There vcr, also ,t.ors
of uried fish, anh crab like c,ors, and suy.~
@estiolls OF mud. There were occasional
optical Illusions ri watermelon riu,is and
| quite ofran IL ..!i;nis. ni Il r;tcc.n,,. skin
stretched proudly against Sun,e. favored
! s,Hl" foot Of >,no"'hre,&. There wer,
! fish scales, oyster shells. and crab backs
| nbii,,HntIy st!cWn uEt.,l, amt plen,;fufly
| inters rsrcrsetl with he bones ui forgotten
! sharks.
! 'I >VnM~ AND MAN%LRs.
| All ,hi~; Hh,,ir-pl!c >i.n. ~. ~au With
| less o1 Nnnd,r :',,A may +. supposed. fVac
| We ha'! l:t"N u!.,',:ay thi.> l,ccp',s bur-.
VINO are Il lts'!!'''i' people. and ND>, dwell
cNctnS''tl, hprn III" islands Il the Care
llua coast. bu Nha, Of their cl,.,,,,,. and
! manners: Well they li.r ga !is., ,,..,,r,
Grads ana other productions -: tn. >;,,,
water ihey plant put;t;oc>, corn and
cotton ana they make enough, ls This
means /" clu'Ln themselves. or more. ,c-
cHra'"'N to half rlutir Themselves I'm,
t'i<I >''ldoin MAKE unstilii,c over Th,i,
corn ana some vi their I,tlHtrr~ ur. uul
,iSi"' 10 ls' eaten Through thr season (ura,
long rs II lasts r;,ilIci) with The isl, in
pr'.'1!'i. h''' the fish in rrEpr,t is uni
He'N'''lS "s'E"'t''rH Upon II keep tl,r wolf
from t'!''s'or. |ii' c.,ttCn and tho u,in
''',. except tue r,nn:lit .nrnt;Oucu ,,.-
S"''''r '!l'l :: >i'h suppl, OF chickens um.
c-,;, i!'' taken 10 s~aNHl,lial, or Hea,,r,r,
~ hE''>'" '":S ;:h;? rHr;.,t,...l fn. clio, hin,,
a'G 'pail cash" Vhi.. j. :, hast, ,,,,
''np "t th"i customs. y - their n,;,n-
ht',. ''it' '.;i'n none. ii:.> do exactly
as ln"t tI"'',c in Ill ,hi..-> !ncv ,lr.s. n,
'h> i'ic;t>'', =" where tllty i!,,,,. and S;,y
Nh;li thty pleas" aitc itcrt,i,irn,runvr. .j say
1n- 1t. Their chi!irrn. :,,!.ir aud I,.,nalc
are t"n-'I /" lrW nl.b i,i, i'r.ii, i,fa,r,
:nd many h,u' :pl,t al ,lariv ,l;,,usrl,
nave we seen i,a,tiiu:; 1ss;,ni,,lly ~ viii,
ti'e WAVES .\nd lIieir lnug,.,:s., ..r;ai
''ianr. T. : 'ar >plittil4- signplv mon
N'"''l;. W. shall not Hiivu1t; t., ,l,scrihr
u @'h'' W." ''>i- ;;tt",n,ltr0 It ;,rf.,r, and